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room ix. ' consisted of a row of birds, the legs of which are 
Antiquities. all that now remain. Presented by His Majesty. 
No. 16. An Egyptian obelisk. 
No. 17* Part of the frieze of an Egyptian 
temple. It is covered with hieroglyphics on both 
sides. The upper part of the front of this frieze 
consists of a row of serpents. Presented by His 
Majesty. 
No. 18. A small Egyptian figure with a beard, 
a short apron, and a terrific aspect. He is stand¬ 
ing upright, but holding his arms downwards, a 
little apart from the body. The ornament upon 
the head is peculiar to the representation of this 
figure. From the collection of Charles Towneley , 
Esq. 
No. 19. A head of an Egyptian sphinx. From 
the collection of Charles Towneley , Esq . 
No. 20. A small Egyptian figure kneeling upon 
a square plinth, and supporting with his hands a 
kind of altar, in front of which, within a sunk 
tablet, is a figure of Osiris. Presented by Matthew 
Duane, Esq. 
Nos. 21-22. Fragments of an Egyptian Deity, 
similar to No. 10. 
No. 23. The Rosetta stone, containing three 
inscriptions of the same import, one in hiero¬ 
glyphics, another in the ancient vernacular lan¬ 
guage of Egypt, and another in the Greek lan¬ 
guage. These inscriptions record the services 
which Ptolemy the Vth had rendered his country, 
and 
